exact number of post on index page

how can I display exact number of recent posts from single category (i.e books) on my home page (index.php)?

Problem description:

Within index tempate I`m doing exclusion of all categories with the exeption of selected one (books). Max number of posts per page option in WP admin is set to 5. There are 7 posts in books category – but only 3 are displayed in first page and then 4 in second page. I would like to force WP to display always 5 in first page and 2 in second (this is of course simplified example) – as it happens when I click view category page for books.

How can I make my category page (i.e books category) to display as index page?

Regards,
grzes

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